Distribution of radionuclides in the river sediments and coastal soils of Chittagong, Bangladesh and evaluation of the radiation hazard

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-755

  Chowdhury, Mantazul I ^a   Alam, M N ^a   Hazari, S K S ^b  

^a Radioactivity Test Monitoring Lab   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION HAZARDS;

AIR POLLUTION; CESIUM; HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0033486519     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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